Superdeep Nighthawks: “Waking Life” (Linklater 2001) | Mar 2, 9pm
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium) Week 7 — homework tests finals Signature Work Superdeep thoughts early till late… Are we even still awake or already dreaming…or still dreaming or already awake again? Join the Nighthawks to find out: this week with Richard Linklater‘s 2001 rotoscoped feature Waking Life (& food & drinks…). Thu, Mar 2, 9 pm, […]
Student Report on Ghost Rivers in the Urban Anthropocene
Reported by Cody Schmidt, class of 2025 This talk was hosted by HRC’s Citizenship Lab. The Citizenship Lab seeks to understand the transformation of citizenship and the ways in which citizenship is expressed through ecological, temporal, and spatial terms. Professor Kregg Hetherington from Concordia University joined Duke Kunshan’s Citizenship Lab on February 17th to deliver […]
HRC Superdeep: Philosophers’ Cave | Mon 9am-late
Superdeep Philosophers’ Cave (Blast!) Date/Time: Every Monday, 9am – late (China time) Location: IB2026 The Philosophers’ Cave is Superdeep‘s shared writing & work space, to help everyone start the week on a high—i.e. Superdeep—note. The Cave opens every Monday 9:04 am till late in IB2026. Coffee, tea, & snacks are served at each meeting. Everyone […]
Congratulations to Caio Yurgel on his new article in the Hispanic Review
Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Humanities, Caio Yurgel, on his newly published article in the Hispanic Review: https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/880292/pdf
Religion+Empire, with Bryce Beemer, Titas Chakraborty and Rasoul Namazi
Religion+Empire, with Bryce Beemer, Titas Chakraborty and Rasoul Namazi Date/Time: February 28, 6:30-8pm Location: DKU Water Pavilion*Snacks and drinks provided! Join us!
China and the World, Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, April 28-29
The Humanities Research Center is pleased to announce its annual Undergraduate Humanities Research Conference, China and the World, which will be held in person at Duke Kunshan University from April 28-29, 2023. The conference will feature approximately 40 undergraduate research papers and 4 keynote addresses. Students who are selected for the conference will also attend […]
Anthropocene XR Lab is accepting proposals for the “Onsite Student Hackathon”
HRC Anthropocene XR Lab presents: Onsite Student Hackathon Registration Open Interested in XR (VR&AR) and environmental designs? Come and learn, practice, have fun with us! Submit your team/individual hackathon proposals to get: Funding: up to ¥ 5,000 per project Equipment support: VR headset, AR glasses, etc. Mentorship; indicate a DKU faculty mentor/seek mentorship from XR […]
Anthropocene XR Lab Presents: Entrepreneurship in AR/VR/XR
Date/Time: Fri, Feb 24, 12-12:45pm China time Zoom ID: 879 6872 6939 Guest Speaker: Dr. Simon Mak Biography: Dr. Simon Mak is Executive Director of the Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Professor of Practice in the Department of Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Business Economics at the SMU Cox School of Business. He directs the Caruth Institute […]
Superdeep Nighthawks: “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (Gondry 2004) | Feb 23, 9pm
IB 1008 (IB Auditorium) Presumably inspired by the Superdeep Nighthawks’ last two gatherings, even the last Philosophers’ Cave ended only at 12:07am. To glimpse some sunlight again, the Nighthawks will resume on Thu Feb 23, 9pm to bask in Michel Gondry‘s 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (…& food & drink). The screening will […]
